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公开(公告)号：US11190636B2
公开(公告)日：2021-11-30
申请号：US16848333
申请日：2020-04-14
Applicant: TEXTNOW, INC.
Inventor： Derek Ting , Michael Kovacevic , Jonathan Dennis Halk
IPC: H04M3/42 , H04L29/12 , G06F16/903
Abstract: An example method of assigning a telephone number to a user account in a communications system is provided. The method includes obtaining a mnemonic seed and obtaining a subset of telephone numbers filtered from a global telephone number pool based on the mnemonic seed. The alphanumeric representation of each telephone number in the subset is within a threshold Hamming distance of the mnemonic seed. The method further includes receiving an indication of a selected telephone number from the subset and assigning the selected telephone number to the user account.
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公开(公告)号：US20200260238A1
公开(公告)日：2020-08-13
申请号：US16861852
申请日：2020-04-29
Applicant: TEXTNOW, INC.
Inventor： Derek Ting
Abstract: An example communications system for providing communication services between communications devices may employ multiple usage rates for metered communication services. A method for adjusting usage amounts to account for multiple usage rates may include determining a usage adjustment factor for a communications event; determining a metered usage amount for the communications event; and determining an adjusted usage amount based on the usage adjustment factor and the metered usage amount for the communications amount. Thus, a billing system in the communications system may determine an invoice amount based on the adjusted usage amount and a predetermined bill rate.
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公开(公告)号：US10681510B2
公开(公告)日：2020-06-09
申请号：US16367576
申请日：2019-03-28
Applicant: TEXTNOW, INC.
Inventor： Derek Ting
Abstract: An example communications system for providing communication services between communications devices may employ multiple usage rates for metered communication services. A method for adjusting usage amounts to account for multiple usage rates may include determining a usage adjustment factor for a communications event; determining a metered usage amount for the communications event; and determining an adjusted usage amount based on the usage adjustment factor and the metered usage amount for the communications amount. Thus, a billing system in the communications system may determine an invoice amount based on the adjusted usage amount and a predetermined bill rate.
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公开(公告)号：US10178243B2
公开(公告)日：2019-01-08
申请号：US15587918
申请日：2017-05-05
Applicant: TEXTNOW, INC.
Inventor： Derek Ting , Tristan Huntington , Rich Wong
Abstract: A mobile communications device receives an indication of a balance from a server when establishment of a voice call or sending of a message is requested. The mobile communications device determines whether the balance is sufficient to place the voice call or send the message over a mobile network. If the balance is sufficient to place the voice call or send the message over the mobile network, the voice call is established or the message is sent under normal operating conditions. If the balance is insufficient to place the voice call or send the message over the mobile network, a grace period is activated and the voice call is established or the message is sent during the grace period over an available wireless local-area network.
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公开(公告)号：US10951773B2
公开(公告)日：2021-03-16
申请号：US16808947
申请日：2020-03-04
Applicant: TEXTNOW, INC
Inventor： Jonathan Dennis Halk , Derek Ting
Abstract: An example method of suggesting contacts in a communications routing system includes: routing, via a routing engine, communications events between a communications device and a plurality of further communications devices coupled to the communications routing system as VoIP calls using respective VoIP telephone numbers; storing, for a user account associated with the communications device, a contact database representing VoIP telephone numbers stored in a contact tracking application of the communications device; storing, in the contact database for the user account, a log of communications events including a record for each new telephone number; and when the record for a new telephone number satisfies a threshold condition, providing a prompt, at the communications device, to add the new telephone number to the contact tracking application.
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公开(公告)号：US20210029252A1
公开(公告)日：2021-01-28
申请号：US17071409
申请日：2020-10-15
Applicant: TextNow, Inc.
Inventor： Derek Ting , Jonathan Lerner
Abstract: A database stores unique associations between account identifiers and mobile-network telephone numbers assigned by a mobile network to mobile communications devices. The account identifiers are also associated with voice-over-IP (VoIP) telephone numbers. Voice calls between the mobile communications devices are made as voice-over-IP (VoIP) calls using respective VoIP telephone numbers. Tracking of the VoIP calls is performed through the mobile network using respective mobile-network telephone numbers, so that a prepaid balance can be enforced.
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公开(公告)号：US09621735B2
公开(公告)日：2017-04-11
申请号：US14314209
申请日：2014-06-25
Applicant: TEXTNOW, INC.
Inventor： Derek Ting , Jonathan Lerner
CPC classification number: H04M7/006 , H04L61/157 , H04L61/1588 , H04L65/1006 , H04L65/1069 , H04L65/1076 , H04L67/26 , H04M7/0075 , H04M15/56 , H04M15/60 , H04M15/8044 , H04M17/02 , H04W4/14 , H04W84/12
Abstract: A database stores unique associations between account identifiers and mobile-network telephone numbers assigned by a mobile network to mobile communications devices. The account identifiers are also associated with voice-over-IP (VoIP) telephone numbers. Voice calls between the mobile communications devices are made as voice-over-IP (VoIP) calls using respective VoIP telephone numbers. Tracking of the VoIP calls is performed through the mobile network using respective mobile-network telephone numbers, so that a prepaid balance can be enforced.
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公开(公告)号：US11778104B2
公开(公告)日：2023-10-03
申请号：US17171725
申请日：2021-02-09
Applicant: TEXTNOW, INC.
Inventor： Jonathan Dennis Halk , Derek Ting
IPC: H04W8/26 , H04M7/00 , H04L61/4535 , H04L61/4594 , H04L101/65
CPC classification number: H04M7/0075 , H04L61/4535 , H04L61/4594 , H04W8/26 , H04L2101/65
Abstract: An example method of suggesting contacts in a communications routing system includes: routing, via a routing engine, communications events between a communications device and a plurality of further communications devices coupled to the communications routing system as VoIP calls using respective VoIP telephone numbers; storing, for a user account associated with the communications device, a contact database representing VoIP telephone numbers stored in a contact tracking application of the communications device; storing, in the contact database for the user account, a log of communications events including a record for each new telephone number; and when the record for a new telephone number satisfies a threshold condition, providing a prompt, at the communications device, to add the new telephone number to the contact tracking application.
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公开(公告)号：US20210227360A1
公开(公告)日：2021-07-22
申请号：US17226842
申请日：2021-04-09
Applicant: TEXTNOW, INC.
Inventor： Derek Ting
Abstract: An example communications system for providing communication services between communications devices may employ multiple usage rates for metered communication services. A method for adjusting usage amounts to account for multiple usage rates may include determining a usage adjustment factor for a communications event; determining a metered usage amount for the communications event; and determining an adjusted usage amount based on the usage adjustment factor and the metered usage amount for the communications amount. Thus, a billing system in the communications system may determine an invoice amount based on the adjusted usage amount and a predetermined bill rate.
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公开(公告)号：US20200244798A1
公开(公告)日：2020-07-30
申请号：US16848333
申请日：2020-04-14
Applicant: TEXTNOW, INC.
Inventor： Derek Ting , Michael Kovacevic , Jonathan Dennis Halk
IPC: H04M3/42 , H04L29/12 , G06F16/903
Abstract: An example method of assigning a telephone number to a user account in a communications system is provided. The method includes obtaining a mnemonic seed and obtaining a subset of telephone numbers filtered from a global telephone number pool based on the mnemonic seed. The alphanumeric representation of each telephone number in the subset is within a threshold Hamming distance of the mnemonic seed. The method further includes receiving an indication of a selected telephone number from the subset and assigning the selected telephone number to the user account.
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